A young lady’s tarnished reputation might cost her everything in this first book in the Disreputable Debutantes series. Shy, bookish Sophie Brightwell is expected to make an advantageous match to improve her family’s fortunes. However, Sophie’s plans to make a spectacular debut go horribly awry when she and her three closest friends are expelled from a young ladies’ academy for unbecoming … unbecoming conduct. Since the ton will be sure to close their doors on these disgraced debutantes, they determine that unconventional means need to be employed in the husband-hunting market. Rakehells—the beau monde’s wickedest members—might be the only men willing to overlook a young lady’s besmirched reputation.
But how does one catch a rake?
Nate Hastings, the devil-may-care Viscount Malverne, is the older brother of Sophie’s best friend, fellow disgraced debutante Lady Charlotte. When a terribly foxed Nate accidentally compromises Sophie, Charlotte strikes a wicked bargain: in order to avoid a scandal and the parson’s mousetrap, Nate must help Sophie snare a husband. But as Nate fulfills his obligation and begins to instruct the lovely Sophie in the art of luring rakes, he soon finds himself battling his own fierce attraction to her.
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How to Catch a Wicked Viscount by Amy Rose Bennett is the First book in The Disreputable Debutantes Series. This is the story of Nate Hastings, the Viscount Malverne and Sophie Brightwell.
Sophie and her friends are debutantes on the brink of being presented to the town. But a they were caught doing something that had them expelled from school that now will impact their prospects to marry. They think that maybe they could get a different type of husband that may overlook what happened to them. Then Sophie is put in another situation with Nate that could have him force to marry her. Charlotte who is Nate’s sister and one of the friends Sophie that is in deep trouble too come up with the ideal that Nate will find Sophie a husband taking pressure off him to marry. But Nate starts to feel that he if falling for Sophie. Sophie is starting to have feelings too.
Enjoyed their story
Sophie is one of the four disreputable debutantes that get expelled from their school for drinking, smoking, and looking at lascivious pictures. She is shy but beautiful and ruined do to a couple minutes of fun. Her friend Charlotte was also expelled but she is the daughter of an earl so even though she does not see as many ton invitations as she should, it has not affected her as it has Sophie. Sophie harbors a crush for Charlotte’s brother Nate. He and his friends are back from war and are a bunch of true rake hells. But his father has had it with his behavior and he is forced to play chaperone to his sister and her friend.
I loved Sophie as a character because even though she is shy she at times acts very boldly and really seems to take charge of her life and where it is headed. You see her grow as she moves through her time in the city. She is very sweet and kind and leads with her heart. A very relatable character and it is very satisfying that she is able to find happiness. Nate is such a tortured soul but utterly magnificent when he is around Sophie. They both seem to complete each other perfectly, but in different ways. They just drew me in so that when Sophie’s heart hurt so did mine and when Nate told her his story I felt his pain.
I was so engaged through the entire book that I could not put it down until I knew how everything ended. I am looking forward to the continuation of this series. As I read about the other characters in this book I started to think, oh this is going to get very interesting between these debutantes and hellions.